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Luxor’s Corniche (R) and tourist market (L), both empty of visitors (Asharq Al-Awsat)
by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Sep 3, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture
Aswan and Luxor, Asharq Al-Awsat—”The bookings for September have been cancelled . . . We’ve had phone calls telling us not to return to our hotels, despite being optimistic for the recovery of tourism for this year’s season,” said Hussam, a staff member...
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File photo of traders working at the Egyptian stock market in Cairo on February 2, 2014. (REUTERS/ Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Files)
by Fatima El-Haj | Mar 23, 2014 | Business
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Egyptian economy faces three main stumbling blocks on the road to a recovery, according to a number of economic experts who spoke to Asharq Al-Awsat. The experts agreed the country’s low productivity—particularly the decline in tourism after...
